Financial Statements




PROVINCE OF OTAGO.—GENERAL BALANCE SHEET, 31st MARCH, 1876.

To £ s. d. By £ s. d.
To Balance in favour of Province at 31st March, 1875, in General Account ... ... By General Expenditure, including Road Board Subsidies, from 1st April, 1875, to 31st March, 1876
Amount in hand on account of Special Works 64,976 18 10 Expenditure under North Otago District Loan Act 315 16 0
Provincial Revenue, from 1st April, 1875, to 31st March, 1876 11,408 10 2 on account of other Special Works 10,685 6 9
Receipts from General Government, viz.: 76,385 9 0
On account of Capitation Allowance after deducting interest, &c. 446,429 5 0
On Consolidated Loans 2,161 12 9
Sinking Fund released on Public Buildings Loan 17,404 4 2
Under North Otago District Public Works Loan Act 5,840 0 0
Otago Public Works' Advance Act, 1874 29,791 13 4
On account of Road Board Subsidies 4,761 6 2
Immigration 8,213 11 8
Mount Ida Water Supply 9,924 18 0
Balance at 31st March, 1876 65,396 6 6
Less in hand for Road Boards Account 857 9 10
Mount Ida Water Supply 1,125 9 1
1,982 18 11
66,413 7 7

Total | 667,325 7 8 | Total | 667,325 7 8 |


To Loans, viz., £ s. d. By Loan Liability—viz., £ s. d.
Consolidated Debentures and Loans under Acts of General Assembly 1,202,525 0 0 Debentures and Loans under Colonial Acts 1,159,381 0 0
Amount raised under “North Otago Loans Act” 67,840 0 0 Sinking Fund 119,984 0 0
Unconverted Provincial Debentures, viz., Provincial Debentures Sinking Fund 121,736 14 9
Loan 1862 116,700 0 0 18,763 5 3
Otago Dock Bonds 23,800 0 0 Public Works Advance Act, 1874 29,791 13 4
Public Works Advance Act, 1874 149,500 0 0 Immigrants’ Cottages Advance 6,000 0 0
Immigrants’ Cottages Advance Immigration and Public Works Loan Act, 1875 156,069 9 9
Immigration and Public Works Loan Act, 1875 (Sec. 13) Advances to Heads of Departments 191,861 3 1
Amount due Home Agent 29,791 13 4 Amounts in Bank of New Zealand: at credit of Road Boards’ Account 837 9 10
Deposit Accounts 6,000 0 0 Mount Ida Water Supply 1,436 17 1
“Special” 156,069 9 9 London Office 4,853 1 0
Bank New Zealand, Dunedin 191,861 3 1 Balance against the Province, 31st March, 1876 68,396 6 6
Amount in hand for Special Expenditure, viz., General Government Road Board Subsidies 1,125 9 1
Mount Ida Water Works 1,982 18 11

Total | 1,678,614 1 8 | Total | 1,678,614 1 8 |

Provincial Treasury, Dunedin, 9th May, 1876.

J. SPERREY, Sub-Treasurer.

JOHN DAVIE, Provincial Treasurer.



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VUW Te Waharoa PDF Otago Provincial Gazette 1876, No 1027





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💰 Province of Otago General Balance Sheet

💰 Finance & Revenue
9 May 1876
Financial Statement, Revenue, Expenditure, Otago Province
  • J. Sperrey, Sub-Treasurer
  • John Davie, Provincial Treasurer